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Monday, September 9, 2013

Obama: Russia's Syria proposal positive turn

CNN) —A
new possibility for a diplomatic solution in the standoff between Syria
and the United States surfaced unexpectedly Monday as the war-torn
country said it supported a proposal to hand over control of its
chemical wepones
But a key
question loomed: Is that a viable option or simply a stall tactic as
President Bashar al-Assad's government tries to stave off U.S. military
action?
"It's
certainly a positive development when the Russians and Syrians both make
gestures towards dealing with these chemical weapons," President Barack
Obama told CNN's Wolf Blitzer Monday.
Asked whether the proposed idea was enough to avert a military strike on Syria, Obama said, "It's possible if it's real."
The
U.S. president spoke hours after Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem
told reporters in Moscow that his nation "welcomes" a proposal that
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov made during talks on Monday. The
idea: put Syria's chemical weapons under international control to avert a
U.S. military response over an alleged poison gas attack last month.
"I
declare that the Syrian Arab Republic welcomes Russia's initiative, on
the basis that the Syrian leadership cares about the lives of our
citizens and the security in our country," Moallem said. "We are also
confident in the wisdom of the Russian government, which is trying to
prevent an American aggression against our people."
Secretary
of State John Kerry discussed a similar scenario earlier Monday, though
the State Department later said that al-Assad could not be trusted to
relinquish his country's chemical stockpiles.
White House spokesman Jay Carney said Washington remained "highly skeptical" of the Syrian regime.
"The only reason why we are seeing this proposal is because of the threat of U.S. military action," he said.